DURHAM, N.C.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Global intellectual property (IP) attorney firm Murgitroyd has expanded
its IP strategy and patent searching capabilities with the addition of
industry heavy-hitters Michael Chernoff and John Wootress and a
16-strong patent engineer team to its staff.

“We are very excited to join Murgitroyd with our
team. Our commitment to high quality patent research and outstanding
customer service fit perfectly and enhance Murgitroyd’s principles of
innovation, invention and entrepreneurship”

Messrs Chernoff, Wootress and colleagues will enhance Murgitroyd’s
offering in the areas of:

Patent research – including searching worldwide patents and non-patent
literature to provide search reports that will assist with
patentability, freedom-to-operate, validity and IP landscaping
projects;

IP strategy – optimization and management of global IP portfolios for
start-up and established companies.

Mr Chernoff was previously the Chief Intellectual Property Officer of
MDB Capital Group, LLC and joins Murgitroyd as Director, IP Strategy and
Portfolio Management. He brings over 22 years of experience in the field
of IP to his role at Murgitroyd.

Prior to heading up IP Strategy at MDB, Mr Chernoff served as Director
of Legal Services, Patent Operations at Accenture, as Associate Patent
Counsel for Worldcom, and as an Associate at the boutique IP law firm
Burns, Doane, Swecker and Mathis LLP. Before that, he was a Patent
Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr Chernoff is ranked as one of the “World’s Leading IP Strategists” in
the 2015 and 2016 editions of Intellectual Asset Magazine’s IAM Strategy
300.

Mr Wootress was previously the Director of Intellectual Property at MDB
Capital Group, LLC, and joins Murgitroyd as Director, IP Research and
Analysis. He brings over 16 years of experience in the IP field to his
role at Murgitroyd.

Prior to managing the IP Services Division of MDB, he served as Deputy
General Counsel for Belkin International, as an Associate General
Counsel for Aristocrat Technologies Inc. and as an Associate at Merchant
& Gould.

Mr Chernoff commented: “We are very excited to join Murgitroyd with our
team. Our commitment to high quality patent research and outstanding
customer service fit perfectly and enhance Murgitroyd’s principles of
innovation, invention and entrepreneurship”.

Murgitroyd’s CMO, Jamie LeLiever commented on the appointments: “We are
delighted to welcome Michael, John and the team to Murgitroyd. Their
reputation precedes them and we look forward to further enhancing the
Murgitroyd customer experience with their expertise on board”.

ENDS

About Murgitroyd

Murgitroyd ranks among the largest groups of patent and trademark
attorneys in Europe, with over 60 patent and trademark professionals and
260 staff. Its 14 European offices in the UK, Finland, France, Germany,
Ireland, Italy and Switzerland provide local and European
representation. It also has direct representation rights in Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden,
two client liaison offices in the United States, together with the
addition, with today’s acquisition, of an office carrying out patent
searching services in Managua, Nicaragua. The firm works across all
industrial sectors.